Keyword: donationshttp://www.freerepublic.com/tag/donations/
en-usWed, 31 Dec 2014 05:52:39 GMTFocus Forum15Hillary Makes &#x27;Announcement&#x27; &#x85; to Ask for Cash for Foundationhttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3242250/posts
This morning, Hillary Clinton sent an email to supporters with the subject line, &#x22;Announcement.&#x22; But the contents of the message did not explain the former secretary of state&#x27;s future political ambitions. Instead, the message asked for money from supporters of what is now the Bill, Hillary, and Chelsea Clinton Foundation. &#x22;This is a season to give thanks for our many blessings and to remember our responsibilities to each other &#x96; that we&#x27;re all in this together,&#x22; Clinton wrote. &#x22;In my family, we&#x27;re celebrating our first holidays with a beautiful new granddaughter. We&#x27;re also celebrating the generosity and commitment of our...The Weekly Standardhttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3242250/posts#commentWed, 31 Dec 2014 05:52:39 GMTPolitical donations prove liberal bias dominates American culturehttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3225298/posts
Conservatives have long believed American culture is entrenched with a liberal bias, only to be scoffed at and called paranoid. However, three new charts dealing with political donations from academia, media, and Hollywood prove this to be the case. Business Insider was provided a data set of federal campaign contributions dating all the way back to 1980, making the sample size considerable. The data set confirms that media, academia, and the entertainment industry are some of the most liberal professions in America. The findings were provided by CROWDPAC, a non-partisan analytics firm based out of California. &#x93;In compiling all this...Capitol City Projecthttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3225298/posts#commentMon, 10 Nov 2014 03:58:53 GMTContributions from Celebrities to Obama, Barack (D)http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3224861/posts
Contributions from Celebrities to Obama, Barack (D) [Return to summary] Contributor Description Total Kauffman, Marta Producer $7,500 Landau, Jon Producer/Manager $7,500 Forman, Milos Director $5,800 Crowe, Cameron Director/Writer $5,750 Haysbert, Dennis Actor $5,500 Hathaway, Anne Actor $5,000 Henley, Donald H Singer/Songwriter $5,000 Howard, Cheryl Actor/Celebrity Spouse $5,000 Howard, Ronald Director/Actor/Producer $5,000 Jones, Quincy Record Producer $5,000 Kanal, Tony Member of &#x27;No Doubt&#x27; $5,000 Johansson, Scarlett Actor $5,000 Johnson, Don Actor $5,000 Johnson, Earvin &#x22;Magic&#x22; Former NBA Player $5,000 Ferrell, Will Actor $5,000 Gregory, Tom Producer/Writer $5,000 Grenier, Adrian Actor $5,000 Griffith, Melanie Actor $5,000 Hall, Deidre Actor $5,000 Handler, Daniel...Open Secretshttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3224861/posts#commentSat, 8 Nov 2014 16:43:01 GMTEbola donations lag far behind need [Americans aren&#x27;t forking over enough]http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3212673/posts
Last month, the United Nations announced it would need nearly $1 billion to effectively fight the virus, which has killed more than 3,400 people across West Africa since March. If it is not contained, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates there could be hundreds of thousands of Ebola cases in coming months. &#x22;Every day we delay, the cost and the suffering will grow exponentially,&#x22; UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon said at the time. The United States and other governments have pledged tens of millions of dollars to pay for everything from medicine and protective clothing for aid workers to...CNN Moneyhttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3212673/posts#commentWed, 8 Oct 2014 12:52:12 GMTMany Requests for Donations to the RNChttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/3210826/posts
AMAZING We asked our supporters to step up in September to help us catch up to the Democrats and tens of thousands of them did. It truly is amazing. We noticed though, that you did not take advantage of our September triple-match offer: EMAIL: SUGGESTED DONATION: $5.00 QUICK LINK: Click Here Will you stand with us today by making a $5 contribution to help us over the final 5 weeks of the election? We are on the verge of winning a Republican Senate majority and firing Harry Reid. This would put a final end to the Obama agenda, but we...emailhttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/3210826/posts#commentFri, 3 Oct 2014 15:41:38 GMTI&#x27;m amazed at the ignorance of FReepers [the stupid, it BURNS]http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3210524/posts
We have been seeing America go to the &#x22;dogs&#x22; for 6 years now and still some &#x22;brain dead&#x22; fools cling to the idea that they will stay home rather than vote for a &#x22;Pubbie&#x22; that they deem a RINO.http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3210524/posts#commentThu, 2 Oct 2014 22:48:47 GMTObama Asks for Donations
Before ISIS Speechhttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3202727/posts
President Obama is scheduled to address the nation this evening to discuss destroying the terrorist army of ISIS. But before hitting the airwaves, he&#xB4;s asking Democratic donors to &#x22;chip in $10 or more right now to help elect Democrats.&#x22; He made the ask in an email to supporters of the Democratic party. &#x22;There are just 55 days left in this election, Daniel,&#x22; writes Obama in the email. &#x22;That&#xB4;s 55 days left for Democrats in tight races across the country to build the organization they need to win -- and if we don&#xB4;t step up right now, it&#xB4;s going to be...Weekly Standardhttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3202727/posts#commentThu, 11 Sep 2014 00:04:21 GMTLegal Defense Funds of Suspended California Senators Receiving Donations (shoulder fired missiles)http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3199522/posts
The amount of money political candidates in the state of California can collect for campaigns is tightly governed, but for legal defense funds, donors are permitted to donate much more, according to KPCC. In March, the state senate, voted to suspend three members who were charged or who were convicted of felonies. The legal bills for senators Ron Calderon and Rod Wright are being paid for by a mix of politicians, political action committees and even corporations. Senator Leland Yee has a committee to college legal defense donations working for him as well. None of the legal defense funds setup...JD Journalhttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3199522/posts#commentTue, 2 Sep 2014 09:15:56 GMT$5.3K To Go. Can We Do This Tonight? Yes We Can!http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3198640/posts
We&#x27;re SO close... Let&#x27;s put this baby to bed!BTLDhttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3198640/posts#commentSat, 30 Aug 2014 00:44:51 GMT&#x91;All hope is lost&#x92;: Worried Dems cry desperation in new fund-raising tactichttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3198617/posts
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee would like you to donate. Right now. The campaign organization, hoping to lead Democrats to control of the House come November, has spent the past week sending out a series of strongly-worded, seemingly desperate, fundraising e-mails trying to get supporters to donate. &#x22;All hope is lost,&#x22; reads the subject of one such e-mail. &#x22;We&#x27;re in serious trouble,&#x22; it continues. &#x22;Karl Rove and the Koch Brothers are massively outspending us...If we get blown out right now, we might as well give up hope until 2016.&#x22; Another e-mail says Democratic campaigners weren&#x27;t ready for Republican attack ads....The Washington Timeshttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3198617/posts#commentFri, 29 Aug 2014 23:07:12 GMT6th District Congress: Stroebel loans himself $350,000, Grothman leads on cash raised (WI)http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3188447/posts
SHEBOYGAN &#x96; Late Thursday evening, the pre-primary campaign finance reports for Republican candidates in the 6th Congressional District were released. It ended up with Duey Stroebel loaning himself $350,000, and Glenn Grothman holding the lead on total cash raised from July 1st to the 23rd. During the reporting period, Grothman raised $94,931.36 compared to the $76,595.35 raised by Joe Leibham. Duey Stroebel only raised $12,800 during the reporting period but loaned himself $350,000. The Stroebel Campaign currently has $691,939.99 of outstanding loans and debts reported during the campaign cycle so far. When looking at cash on hand, Stroebel has $262,720.05...Wisconsin Election Watchhttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3188447/posts#commentSun, 3 Aug 2014 16:12:19 GMTElection Commission Votes to Allow Bitcoin Donationshttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3154138/posts
The Federal Election Commission on Thursday voted to allow political committees to accept Bitcoin donations and outlined the ways that the virtual currency can be used by federally regulated campaigns. Responding to a request from a political action committee, the commissioners unanimously approved an advisory opinion that defined Bitcoins, which allows for online transactions without going through a bank or other third party, as &#x93;money or anything of value&#x94; &#x97; in essence, cash or an in-kind contribution. They also imposed some restrictions, ruling that Bitcoin donations will be capped at a cash equivalent of $100 per person per cycle, with...The New York Timeshttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3154138/posts#commentFri, 9 May 2014 17:28:02 GMTDesert Developer&#x27;s Woes Buffet Reid [Coyote Springs about 50 miles from Bundy&#x27;s ranch]http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3149086/posts
Six years ago, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid celebrated what he called a &#x22;love fest&#x22; of government support for the construction of a proposed 150,000-home community in the Nevada desert and the lobbyist-turned-developer behind it, Harvey Whittemore. Last week, a federal grand jury charged Mr. Whittemore with making illegal political contributions to Mr. Reid, a Democrat. Even before the indictment, Mr. Reid and other politicians had begun to distance themselves from Mr. Whittemore&#x97;long one of Nevada&#x27;s most powerful lobbyists&#x97;by pledging to charity money to offset donations they had gotten from him. ~~snip~~ The allegations against Mr. Whittemore stem from a...WSJhttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3149086/posts#commentSun, 27 Apr 2014 00:44:43 GMTLinking California (Democratic) Sen. Yee&#x27;s voting record to major donationshttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3138882/posts
As state Sen. Leland Yee aggressively campaigned in the 2011 San Francisco mayor&#x27;s race, he blasted interim Mayor Ed Lee as beholden to City Hall power brokers with &#x22;selfish interests&#x22; and vowed to &#x22;throw them out&#x22; if elected. At the same time, Yee was allegedly soliciting $10,000 from an undercover FBI agent posing as a real estate developer who had already illegally funneled $11,000 to Yee&#x27;s campaign, telling the agent to &#x22;cover your tracks,&#x22; and boasting that &#x22;there&#x27;s tremendous opportunity in local levels ... because whoever&#x27;s gonna be the mayor controls everything.&#x22; **SNIP** Instead, it&#x27;s of a man driven by...SF Gatehttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3138882/posts#commentSun, 30 Mar 2014 03:39:14 GMTDemocrat &#x93;dogs&#x94; don&#x92;t salivate at the words &#x93;Koch Brothers&#x94;http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3132749/posts
Democrat voters are generally reflexive in their politics. They often choose to remain ignorant of what their party is doing to them because &#x93;at least they&#x92;re not [the current conservative boogeymen]; and we don&#x92;t want to vote for them.&#x94; Remember when the mere mention of the words &#x93;Halliburton,&#x94; &#x93;Gingrich&#x94; and &#x93;Palin&#x94; got Democrat rank and file as well as big donors&#x92; tail&#x92;s wagging? Apparently,&#x93;That was then, this is now,&#x94; because even Barack Obama is sizing up his party&#x92;s fund raising problems saying, &#x93;I guess we don&#x92;t think it&#x92;s sexy enough.&#x94; This stereotypical Obama quote sums up the distinct lack of...Coach is Righthttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3132749/posts#commentThu, 13 Mar 2014 18:03:10 GMTOrganizing for Action revamps rules after firing fundraiser
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Organizing for Action is revamping its fundraising practices and fired a fundraiser amid questions about whether the group was promising access to Obama administration officials in exchange for donations. Samantha Maltzman, a top fundraiser for the Democratic group with strong ties to President Obama, resigned from the organization after NBC News obtained emails between her and Dr. Munr Kazmir, a New Jersey businessman, explicitly listing prices to attend a summit last week with the president. The emails conflicted with a pledge by former Obama campaign manager Jim Messina, who wrote in an op-ed last year that &#x93;we can&#x27;t and we...The Hillhttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3129482/posts#commentTue, 4 Mar 2014 18:27:43 GMTArchdiocese of Baltimore ends fiscal year in strong positionhttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/3125480/posts
Buoyed by increased contributions and a strengthened economy, the Archdiocese of Baltimore ended Fiscal Year 2012-2013 in a stronger position than the previous fiscal year. According to an annual report released at the beginning of February, the archdiocese had a consolidated operating surplus of $44.3 million. In Fiscal Year 2011-2012, the archdiocese had a consolidated operating deficit of $12.6 million. The new report shows that last fiscal year, $12 million of the surplus was gained prior to factoring in investment income, which amounted to $10.8 million. It was the second consecutive year in which the archdiocese had a surplus prior...Catholic Reviewhttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/3125480/posts#commentFri, 21 Feb 2014 15:33:17 GMTThe &#x27;Evil&#x27; Koch brothers are just 59th on the top political donation listhttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3123380/posts
Sometimes, if you listen to some Democrats, they&#x27;re running against the &#x22;Evil&#x22; Koch brothers rather than a specific Republican candidate. The brothers that liberals like to hate are often trotted out as prime examples of why campaign finance reform is necessary. They are often portrayed as one of the biggest contributors to political candidates, their evil money financing evil Republicans. The group OpenSecrets.com has compiled a list of top donors to candidates and, to the left&#x27;s surprise, the Koch brothers are far down the list. Washington Examiner: Charles and David Koch are the two most evil people in American...American Thinkerhttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3123380/posts#commentSat, 15 Feb 2014 18:38:20 GMTThe Charity Swindlehttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3095597/posts
WASHINGTON &#x97; BY all outward indications, the U.S. Navy Veterans Association was a leader in the charitable community. Founded in 2002 to provide support to Navy veterans in need, the charity recorded astonishing financial success. In its first eight years, it raised around $100 million in charitable contributions, almost all of it through a direct marketing campaign. The organization, headed by Jack L. Nimitz, boasted of 41 state chapters and some 66,000 members. This would be a great story of charitable success, except for the fact that virtually everything about the association turned out to be false: no state chapters,...New York Timeshttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3095597/posts#commentTue, 26 Nov 2013 13:20:03 GMTClinton, Reid, DNC took campaign contributions from deathbed identity thiefhttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3078634/posts
Republican National Committee (RNC) chairman Reince Preibus called for Hillary Clinton, Harry Reid, and the Democratic National Committee (DNC) to return campaign donations they received from a man who pled guilty to identity theft of the terminally ill.Clinton, Reid, and the DNC all received donations from Joseph Caramadre. Democratic Virginia gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe invested $47,000 in an illegal business in which Caramadre applied for annuities and bonds with the stolen identities of dying people.Caramadre donated $27,000 to McAuliffe&#x92;s last gubernatorial campaign in 2009 and hosted a fundraiser for the former DNC chairman. McAuliffe and his campaign immediately vowed to...The Daily Callerhttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3078634/posts#commentMon, 14 Oct 2013 12:02:00 GMTN.Y. tax checkoff funds for cancer research sit idlehttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3078345/posts
N.Y. tax checkoff funds for cancer research sit idle Since 2005, New York taxpayers have donated $1.8 million through their income tax returns to aid the fight against prostate cancer, but researchers have yet to see a dime.Topix.comhttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3078345/posts#commentSun, 13 Oct 2013 15:14:09 GMTFunds for West Texas Relief Withheld
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For most of the world, the tragedy in West, Texas that began with the explosion of the fertilizer plant, ended with a remarkable outpouring of support from fellow Texans and friends far away, raising money and sending more supplies than the town could handle. With over $3 million funds donated, everything seemed on track for a fast recovery and rebuild.http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3072151/posts#commentFri, 27 Sep 2013 23:42:19 GMT2 Million Bikers to DC need fundinghttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3065173/posts
THE LEGAL FIGHT WITH THE PERMIT AND THE MAGNITUDE OF WHAT IS TURNING OUT TO BE AN INCREDIBLE RIDE, WE HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO ASK YOU GOOD FOLKS TO HELP WITH THE FINANCES &#x22;IF YOU CAN AFFORD IT&#x22;.Facebookhttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3065173/posts#commentTue, 10 Sep 2013 23:04:03 GMTA reply to Reince Priebus for moneyhttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3056962/posts
Dear Mr. Priebus, I just received a request for a donation. I will not be giving any money to the GOP on any federal level until two things happen. 1) Any immigration bill dies in congress this year. I don&#x27;t trust the party to dangle out enforcement and border security in an amnesty deal. I don&#x27;t trust the GOP to work anything out. Amnesty will kill the conservative movement, if not the GOP and I am sick of my voice not being heard. So don&#x27;t waste the paper and postage mailing me unless congress passes an enforcement/border security only law....http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3056962/posts#commentWed, 21 Aug 2013 05:48:02 GMTOperation Homefront serves those who servehttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3045802/posts
When Tiffany got the text message, the former Air Force Reservist thought it was a scam. &#x93;Call this number. They&#x92;re giving out free homes to veterans.&#x94; It might as well have been a heartfelt missive from a down-on-his-luck Nigerian prince or an urgent notification that she&#x92;d won 2 million pounds in the British lottery. The Philadelphia woman who once served at the Horsham airbase immediately called the friend who&#x92;d sent the text to let her know her phone had been hacked. But it wasn&#x92;t a scam. It wasn&#x92;t spam. It was Operation Homefront. Courtesy of the national nonprofit, the single...The Intelligencerhttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3045802/posts#commentMon, 22 Jul 2013 11:56:15 GMT